@article{3338,
  keywords = {Drug labeling, Look-alike sound-alike drug names, Medication error, Name differentiation, Tallman lettering, Text differentiation},
  author = {Carly DeHenau and Mark W. Becker and Nora M. Bello and Sichang Liu and Laura Bix},
  title = {Tallman lettering as a strategy for differentiation in look-alike, sound-alike drug names: the role of familiarity in differentiating drug doppelgangers.},
  abstract = {<p>Tallman lettering, capitalizing the dissimilar portions of easily confused drug names, is one strategy for reducing medication errors. We assessed the efficacy of Tallman lettering in a visually complex environment using a change detection method with healthcare providers and laypeople. In addition, the effect of familiarity with the drug name was assessed using a subset of responses collected from healthcare providers. Both healthcare providers and laypeople detected changes in confusable pairs of drug names more often (P < 0.0001) and more quickly (P < 0.05) when changes were presented in Tallman lettering, though the benefits were more pronounced for healthcare providers (p < 0.05). Familiarity with both drug names in a confusable pair mitigated the benefit of Tallman lettering. Results are discussed in terms of bottom-up and top-down attentional systems for processing of information in the context of the varied healthcare environments. </p>},
  year = {2016},
  journal = {Appl Ergon},
  volume = {52},
  chapter = {77-84},
  pages = {77-84},
  month = {01/2016},
  issn = {1872-9126},
  doi = {10.1016/j.apergo.2015.06.009},
  language = {eng},
}